A month before Santa Claus stuffs his rotund figure down chimneys all over the globe, his equally fictitious winter chum Jack Frost will already be nipping at runny noses. On Nov. 24, the soundtrack to the Warner Bros. film Jack Frost will hit stores, featuring Nickelodeon-friendly artists like Hanson, the Spice Girls, Lisa Loeb and Jewel writing partner Steve Poltz. The film, which stars Michael Keaton and Kelly Preston, with appearances by Henry Rollins, Dweezil and Moon Zappa, opens nationwide on Dec. 18.

In addition to contributing the album's first single, a cover of the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'," Hanson will make two other stabs at seasonal cheer with "Merry Christmas Baby" and a rendition of the Rascals' "Good Lovin.'"

The original Spice Girls -- not the flimsy, quartet version -- contribute a song called "Sleigh Ride." Another curveball on the soundtrack is the song "Don't Lose Your Faith in Me," written and performed by actor Michael Keaton, who plays Frost in the film.

Additional songs include Loeb's "How" from last year's Firecracker, Poltz's "Leavin' Again" from his 1998 solo debut, One Left Shoe, Lucinda Williams' "Can't Let Go" from this year's heralded Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and Christian rockers Jars of Clay's "Five Candles (You Were There)" from 1997's Much Afraid, among other previously released selections.

The soundtrack will hit stores on the same day as two other Spice Girls goodies. The nouvelle Fab Four will release a five-song single for their new track, "Goodbye," which will include two versions of the title track, a studio cover of the Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping," and live versions of Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" and the Annie Lennox/Aretha Franklin girl power tune "Sisters are Doin' It for Themselves." In addition, a live video -- The Spice Girls: Live From Wembley, which was shot this September in London -- will make its way into stores just in time for the Christmas rush.

ARI BENDERSKY